Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-janą
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(i).jɑ.nɑ̃/
Etymology 1
From a merger of several Proto-Indo-European suffixes, which had become alike because of the combination of Sievers' law (j/ij) and i-mutation:
- *-yéti (denominative suffix) attached to athematic stems. Cognates include Ancient Greek denominatives with -y- metathesis, verbs in -ίω (-íō) and -ύω (-úō), Sanskrit denominative verbs in -यति (-yáti).
- *-eyéti, a compound suffix of *-e- (noun thematic vowel) + the above suffix. Cognates include most Latin -īre (fourth conjugation) verbs, some -ēre (second conjugation) verbs, most Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) contracted verbs, Sanskrit denominative verbs in -अयति (-ayáti).
Inflection
Following a short stem, which consists of a short vowel followed by a single consonant, the suffix is *-janą.
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *-jō | *-jaų | — | *-jai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *-isi | *-jais | *-i | *-jasai | *-jaisau |
| 3rd singular | *-iþi | *-jai | *-jaþau | *-jaþai | *-jaiþau |
| 1st dual | *-jōs | *-jaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *-jaþiz | *-jaiþiz | *-jaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *-jamaz | *-jaim | — | *-janþai | *-jainþau |
| 2nd plural | *-iþ | *-jaiþ | *-iþ | *-janþai | *-jainþau |
| 3rd plural | *-janþi | *-jain | *-janþau | *-janþai | *-jainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *-idǭ | *-idēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *-idēz | *-idēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *-idē | *-idēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *-idēdū | *-idēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *-idēdudiz | *-idēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *-idēdum | *-idēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *-idēdud | *-idēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *-idēdun | *-idēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *-jandz | *-idaz | |||
Following a long stem, which has either a long vowel or diphthong, or a short vowel followed by several consonants, the suffix is *-ijaną.
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *-ijō | *-ijaų | — | *-ijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *-īsi | *-ijais | *-ī | *-ijasai | *-ijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *-īþi | *-ijai | *-ijaþau | *-ijaþai | *-ijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *-ijōs | *-ijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *-ijaþiz | *-ijaiþiz | *-ijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *-ijamaz | *-ijaim | — | *-ijanþai | *-ijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *-īþ | *-ijaiþ | *-īþ | *-ijanþai | *-ijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *-ijanþi | *-ijain | *-ijanþau | *-ijanþai | *-ijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *-idǭ | *-idēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *-idēz | *-idēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *-idē | *-idēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *-idēdū | *-idēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *-idēdudiz | *-idēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *-idēdum | *-idēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *-idēdud | *-idēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *-idēdun | *-idēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *-ijandz | *-idaz | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
This suffix remained productive only in Gothic. It was preserved in Old Norse but was no longer productive in that language, its function having been taken over by *-ōną. In West Germanic, it had already almost disappeared in most languages except after -r-, and was no longer productive in those that retained it.
Etymology 2
From *-éyeti (causative suffix).
Suffix
*-(i)janą
- Derives causatives from basic strong verbs, with a sense of 'cause to do (the action of the verb)'. The stem vowel of the derived verb becomes that of the singular past tense, and the final consonant becomes the voiced Verner alternant.
Inflection
Following a short stem, which consists of a short vowel followed by a single consonant, the suffix is *-janą.
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *-jō | *-jaų | — | *-jai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *-isi | *-jais | *-i | *-jasai | *-jaisau |
| 3rd singular | *-iþi | *-jai | *-jaþau | *-jaþai | *-jaiþau |
| 1st dual | *-jōs | *-jaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *-jaþiz | *-jaiþiz | *-jaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *-jamaz | *-jaim | — | *-janþai | *-jainþau |
| 2nd plural | *-iþ | *-jaiþ | *-iþ | *-janþai | *-jainþau |
| 3rd plural | *-janþi | *-jain | *-janþau | *-janþai | *-jainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *-idǭ | *-idēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *-idēz | *-idēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *-idē | *-idēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *-idēdū | *-idēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *-idēdudiz | *-idēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *-idēdum | *-idēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *-idēdud | *-idēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *-idēdun | *-idēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *-jandz | *-idaz | |||
Following a long stem, which has either a long vowel or diphthong, or a short vowel followed by several consonants, the suffix is *-ijaną.
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *-ijō | *-ijaų | — | *-ijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *-īsi | *-ijais | *-ī | *-ijasai | *-ijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *-īþi | *-ijai | *-ijaþau | *-ijaþai | *-ijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *-ijōs | *-ijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *-ijaþiz | *-ijaiþiz | *-ijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *-ijamaz | *-ijaim | — | *-ijanþai | *-ijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *-īþ | *-ijaiþ | *-īþ | *-ijanþai | *-ijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *-ijanþi | *-ijain | *-ijanþau | *-ijanþai | *-ijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *-idǭ | *-idēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *-idēz | *-idēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *-idē | *-idēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *-idēdū | *-idēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *-idēdudiz | *-idēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *-idēdum | *-idēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *-idēdud | *-idēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *-idēdun | *-idēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *-ijandz | *-idaz | |||
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *-h₁yéti, an innovated compound suffix from *-éh₁ti (stative verb suffix) which was originally athematic, but later extended with the thematic present suffix *-yéti based on the past participle.[1] Cognate with Latin stative verbs in -ēre (second conjugation).
Inflection
Following a short stem, which consists of a short vowel followed by a single consonant, the suffix is *-janą.
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *-jō | *-jaų | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | *-aisi | *-jais | *-ai | — | — |
| 3rd singular | *-aiþi | *-jai | *-jaþau | — | — |
| 1st dual | *-jōs | *-jaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *-jaþiz | *-jaiþiz | *-jaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *-jamaz | *-jaim | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | *-aiþ | *-jaiþ | *-aiþ | — | — |
| 3rd plural | *-janþi | *-jain | *-janþau | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *-dǭ | *-dēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *-dēz | *-dēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *-dē | *-dēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *-dēdū | *-dēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *-dēdudiz | *-dēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *-dēdum | *-dēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *-dēdud | *-dēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *-dēdun | *-dēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *-jandz | *-daz | |||
Following a long stem, which has either a long vowel or diphthong, or a short vowel followed by several consonants, the suffix is *-ijaną.
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *-ijō | *-ijaų | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | *-aisi | *-ijais | *-ai | — | — |
| 3rd singular | *-aiþi | *-ijai | *-ijaþau | — | — |
| 1st dual | *-ijōs | *-ijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *-ijaþiz | *-ijaiþiz | *-ijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *-ijamaz | *-ijaim | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | *-aiþ | *-ijaiþ | *-aiþ | — | — |
| 3rd plural | *-ijanþi | *-ijain | *-ijanþau | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *-dǭ | *-dēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *-dēz | *-dēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *-dē | *-dēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *-dēdū | *-dēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *-dēdudiz | *-dēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *-dēdum | *-dēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *-dēdud | *-dēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *-dēdun | *-dēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *-ijandz | *-daz | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
This suffix was no longer productive in any of the daughter languages, and in West Germanic it quickly became a relic class and mostly merged with the second weak class, except in Old High German where it was preserved longer. In Old High German and Gothic, the class of verbs formed by this suffix merged with those derived with *-āną, creating a single unified third weak class.
References
- Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press